The impact of light skin on prison time for black female offenders

Social Science Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250-258

  Viglione, Jill ^a   Hannon, Lance ^a   DeFina, Robert ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorism; Female offenders; Sentence length; Skin tone

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952485936     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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